4 A population of tree-climbing lizard lives on one bank of a large river. The other bank of the
river is a treeless prairie. During a flood, 40
lizards were transferred to the prairie side
of the river. After 200
generations, this transferred population of lizard lost the ability to
climb.
Which mechanism is MOST likely responsible for this loss of function
within the transferred
population?
natural selection
genetic drift
gene flow
mutation